08/25/2026
AI doesn’t know the smell of a newborn baby.
It hasn’t had its heart broken, made the varsity team against the odds, buried a parent, disappointed someone it loves or felt the energy change in a room before anyone says a word.
It can’t read an audience the way someone who has spent years with artists, executives, employees and customers learns to.
That matters, because much of my work depends on hearing what isn’t being said, and recognizing what’s about to be.
I also use AI EVERY DAY, for what it’s best at: It helps me move faster, analyze information, challenge my thinking, spot patterns and strengthen ideas I’ve already begun.
I’m not afraid of AI replacing original human thought. I’m interested in using it without handing over the parts of the work that come from being human.
Like remembering the warmth I felt when they handed me my first son.
